Patent SG-11201806468W-A (SG)
Title: An electrical power supply system and process
Inventor: WILLIAMS MATTHEW
IPC: G05F1/32
Filed: 2017-08-07
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 08 February 2018 (08.02.2018) WIP0 I PCT onion °nolo ommill olo mi Imo ow (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/023176 Al (51) International Patent Classification: GO5F 1/32 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/AU2017/050832 (22) International Filing Date: 07 August 2017 (07.08.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2016903095 05 August 2016 (05.08.2016) AU (71) Applicant: FARADAY GRID LIMITED [GB/GB]; 20-22 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4JS (GB). (72) Inventors; and (71) Applicants: WILLIAMS, Matthew [AU/AU]; 52 Clark Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207 (AU). SCOBIE, An- drew [AU/AU]; 40 The Avenue, Parkville, Victoria 3052 (AU). (74) Agent: DAVIES COLLISON CAVE PTY LTD; 1 Nicholson Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 (AU). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, (54) Title: AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND PROCESS Figure 1 100 INPUT (fi.pVin) N O 00 O C (57) : An electrical power supply system, including: at least one virtual air gap transformer, including at least one primary winding, at least one secondary winding, and one or more control windings to control the electromagnetic coupling between the primary and secondary windings; an input port configured to receive a first input signal having a first input fundamental frequency and a first input voltage; and a control component configured: to receive a signal representing the first input voltage and the first input fundamental frequency of the first input signal, and to generate a corresponding virtual air gap control signal to determine the electrical current in the control windings of the at least one virtual air gap transformer, such that a target output voltage of a target output frequency is generated at the secondary windings; wherein the electrical power supply system receives input electrical energy in the form of the first input signal having the first input fundamental frequency and the first input voltage, and generates corresponding output electrical energy in the form of a corresponding first output signal of the target frequency and the target output voltage. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/023176 Al IMEDIMOHIMIRE10100110101110MHOMMOVOIMIE TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))